Manx Dance with Me – Manx Folk Dancing by Joan Cowell

Manx Dance with Me – Manx Folk Dancing

Compiled by Joan Cowell, former Chairman of the Manx Folk Dance Society (1981-2017) this book consists of 30 new Manx dances based on traditional steps and figures. Some of which include Bollan Bane, Goll er y Cheer and Spinning Wheel, all performed by the Manx Folk Dance Society (MFDS). It includes a comprehensive glossary alongside well written instructions for each dance.

Dances include:

• Bollan Bane (1988)
• Celebration Set (1991)
• Dance for 5 (1970s)
• Fainaghyn or Daunse Kairklagh (1998)
• Goll er y Cheer (1998)
• Heritage Dance (1986)
• Ruby Roundabout (1989)
• Smugglers Dance (1978)
• Spinning Wheel Dance (1978)
• Train Dance (1993)
• A Dance for You and Me (Unknown)
• Cair Vie Barbados (1997)
• Car ny Caribbean (1997
• Crosh Tushtey (1980s)
• Diamond Jubilee Reel (2011)
• Four Leaf Clover (2006)
• Freedom or Brenda’s Joy (2020)
• Haste to Brittany (1989)
• Hay Dance (1980s)
• Millennium Fireworks (2000)
• Muc ayns Muclagh (1994)
• Romance Remembered (2021)
• Seven Stitches (2007)
• Summer Sunshine/Picture Postcard (Unknown)
• The Day we went to Stansted (Unknown)
• The Golden Friendship Ring (Unknown)
• TT Races (1999)
• Underneath the Arches (2006)
• Wayfarers 40th (2007)
• Welcome Millennium (2000)